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Taliban demand US return $3.5bn in Afghan assets after court ruling

AFP report, Feb 23, 2023KABUL: Taliban authorities called on Washington on Wednesday to return $3.5 billion belonging to Afghanistan´s central bank after a New York federal judge ruled the families of victims in the 9/11 attacks cannot seize the funds. The United States took control of the assets soon after the Taliban stormed back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, with President Joe Biden saying the money could be made available to the families of…